Murphy/Smith Dance Collective - Sound Project Murphy/Smith Dance Collective, formed in 2011 by Pittsburgh-based choreographers Jamie Erin Murphy and Renee Danielle Smith, explores the relationship between sound and human instinct. Sound Project illuminates how our everyday life sounds around us create environment, a source of communication and even our general feeling of safety. So what can happen when our familiar soundscape becomes distorted or even disappears?07/05/2013

Lifeforms Coordinated by Robert Mickelsen, a Florida-based glass artist, "Lifeforms" is inspired by Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka's glass biological models made in the 19th and 20th centuries for Harvard University. The PGC exhibition includes more than 50 contemporary flameworked models, cast impressions, blown renditions, and an actual fish cast in glass.07/05/2013

Pittsburgh Symphony at South Park Assistant Conductor Fawzi Haimor leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a free outdoor concert in celebration of Independence Day as part of the Allegheny County Summer Concert Series. The program includes Rossini's lively William Tell Overture, classics by Gershwin and Beethoven, and American staples such as Victor Herbert's American Fantasie, John Williams' Born on the Fourth of July, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, an Armed Forces Salute, music by Marvin Hamlisch, and more.07/06/2013

Tales of Hoffmann - Retold Hoffmann is obsessed with three beautiful women—or is it one mercurial woman, split into three different personalities? The great story of E.T.A. Hoffmann's love life is retold in a new version incorporating some of the poet-composer’s own music. International star Robert Chafin (Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper) plays Hoffmann.07/06/2013

A Little Night Music Fredrik dearly loves Anne, his icy young new bride. But he also carries a torch for Desiree, a hot-blooded actress. Desiree is involved with Count Carl-Magnus, who's married to Charlotte, Anne's best friend. Imagine what happens when they all spend a weekend in the country together! Stephen Sondheim's Bergman-inspired musical includes "Send in the Clowns."07/07/2013

Pittsburgh Symphony at Hartwood Assistant Conductor Fawzi Haimor will lead the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a free outdoor concert as part of the Allegheny County Summer Concert Series. The program opens with Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro Overtuer. Then, PSO violinist Jennifer Orchard will play Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, and the closer will be Beethoven's famous Symphony No. 7 in A major.07/07/2013

The Piano Guys
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Venue: Benedum Center
Time: 8:00 PM
$100 Donation to WQED includes a thank you gift of 1 ticket to the event.
Hailing from Utah, The Piano Guys became an internet sensation by way of their immensely successful series of strikingly original self-made music videos that have amassed three million YouTube subscribers and more than 500 million views.
08/27/2015

The Tenors Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Venue: Byham Theater
Time: 8:00 PM
$125 Donation to WQED includes a thank you gift of 1 Meet & Greet ticket to the event.
$90 Donation to WQED includes a thank you gift of 1 ticket to the event.
2013 Juno Award Winners The Tenors have shared the stage with Sarah McLachlan, Neil Young, Paul Anka, Justin Bieber, Paul McCartney, Brian McKnight, David Foster, and Natalie Cole among others, in venues from Bangkok to London, and New York to Israel. They have been hailed as musical ambassadors and Canada's national treasure.
11/18/2015

Liberia
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2015
Venue: Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland
Time: 6:00 PM
$100 Donation to WQED includes a thank you gift of 1 ticket to the event.
The distinctive sound of Libera has traveled the world in the last few years. The group's albums have topped both mainstream and classical charts in many countries, and their recordings hold their place in top-tens alongside major artists like Bocelli.
12/20/2015